dal @dal_geek

Tools nerd, protanopian, greenie, motorcyclist, slight hypocrite. Born circa 350ppm (now 420ppm). Opinions are my own, hair may be a wig. blog.lord.geek.nz Brisbane, Australia Joined September 2015

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dal @dal_geek

a year ago

let's all be rational here, talk through it together and then I'm sure we'll arrive at [the opinion I currently hold]

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dal @dal_geek

a year ago

true i18n means you can still say “hey siri” while the plovers squawk past in the background

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dal @dal_geek

2 years ago

"If I fits, I sits" but for office spaces your card lets you access.

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Never underestimate the motivational power of a glossy auto-testing tool with a big red "fail" result and guidance on how to fix it. Stuff like SSL Labs' Server Test or the HSTS Preload eligibility checker.

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dal @dal_geek

2 years ago

blog.lord.geek.nz/2023/07/21/for…

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dal @dal_geek

2 years ago

looking to borrow a cat or cats so I can explain my tax reasoning to them and see if it makes sense

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Settled @SettledRS

3 years ago

runescape but every 1,000 xp I face my demons (taxes and sunlight)

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dal @dal_geek

2 years ago

`git rebase` is a mechanism for gaslighting yourself.

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dal @dal_geek

2 years ago

I think Bluetooth likes to work only 99.9% of the time so that, every so often, you're reminded that it exists and how miraculous it is.

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dal @dal_geek

3 years ago

heck all the music nerds dumping on Pachelbel's Canon, it's quality music and acts as a scaffold to encourage a ton of variation

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dal @dal_geek

3 years ago

I like requests phrased as "Hi, someone can't do something. They think it's a security issue" when the problem is that we're blocking it. We have too *much* security. Normally that phrasing means we don't have *enough* 🔀

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dal @dal_geek

3 years ago

Is your tech company a stodgy establishment who uses headers like "Summary", or a cool fresh startup who uses headers like "tl;dr"?

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dal @dal_geek

3 years ago

tired: "to be compatible with X" wired: "to compat X"

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dal @dal_geek

3 years ago

The extent to which Microsoft will leverage one product to cross-promote the rest is just... unique. This showed up while trying to try out their new chatbot.

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dal @dal_geek

3 years ago

Have you ever found a literal fly in literal ointment? What was it like?

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dal @dal_geek

3 years ago

I don't do a lot of multiplayer PC gaming these days, but it's good to see it hasn't changed. Hop online, *someone* has to download a 1GB patch before they can join. Today it's me. I opened Steam yesterday so it's just Unfortunate Timing.